Custorix
Compact directed-energy effectors for counter-UAS and counter-UxS systems.
Latest event found: 17 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
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Strategic Vector
Custorix is an early-stage Belgian counter-UAS venture emerging from Max Prototypes, focused on compact pulsed high-power microwave technology for autonomous, coordinated, and swarm-based aerial threats. Public evidence indicates a recent launch and founder-led commercialization phase, but limited evidence of deployments, customers, funding, or scaled operations.
Efficiency Ratio
The company appears engineering-intensive and potentially capital-efficient at its stated 1-10 employee scale, although publicly verified output remains limited to launch and technology-positioning signals.
Evidence Signals
Custorix announced its official launch as a company developing counter-drone technology, building on engineering experience from Max Prototypes.
Pieter-paul Smet began serving as Co-Founder and CEO of Custorix in April 2026.
- About
- Custorix is a Belgian defence deep-tech startup in Wetteren developing compact directed-energy effectors for counter-unmanned-systems applications. Its framing is deliberately broader than counter-drone: 'counter-UxS' covers unmanned systems across domains. Exhibited at Eurosatory 2026. No named customer, contract or trial is public.
- Relevancy
- Belgian defense startup (Wetteren) developing compact directed-energy effectors for counter-UAS systems; represented at Eurosatory 2026 as a 'Belgian defence deep-tech company'. Classified C06-04. Second European directed-energy C-UAS entry alongside Arqus (Munich) — emerging cluster.
- Tags
- #DirectedEnergy #CounterUAS #CounterUxS #Effector #DeepTech #Eurosatory #Belgium